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mannerism | slavic |

As a noun mannerism

is (arts) a style of art developed at the end of the high renaissance, characterized by the deliberate distortion and exaggeration of perspective and especially the elongation of figures.

As an adjective slavic is

of the slavs, their culture or the branch of the indo-european language associated with them.

mannerism

English

Etymology 1

Noun

(en noun)
  • A group of verbal or other unconscious habitual behaviors peculiar to an individual.
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  • Exaggerated or effected style in art, speech, or other behavior.
    • References
    * APA Dictionary of Psychology, 2007

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) , from (maniera), coined by at the end of the XVIII century.

    Alternative forms

    * Mannerism

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (arts, literature) In literature, an ostentatious and unnatural style of the second half of the sixteenth century. In the contemporary criticism, described as a negation of the classicist equilibrium, pre-Baroque, and deforming expressiveness.
  • (arts, literature) In fine art, a style that is inspired by previous models, aiming to reproduce subjects in an expressive language.

    • slavic

    English

    (wikipedia Slavic)

    Alternative forms

    * (abbreviation):

    Adjective

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  • Of the Slavs, their culture or the branch of the Indo-European language associated with them.

    • Synonyms

    * Slavonic, Sclavonic

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